Good Morning, All! What are your prep plans for the week? My plans seem to change with little warning, but when we are lucky enough to have beautiful weather in March, I run with it!!
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday eradicating that nasty weed Creeping Charlie from one - just one! - flower bed; ended up with a 40# mixed birdseed bag of it and other detritus. I've heard that borax will kill it, so am going to look for the recipe and try it in a couple of areas where it won't damage plants I want to keep. I understand you can eat the stuff as cooked greens but I can hardly stand the smell of it when I pull it, so it probably won't show up on the menu any time soon!
Today, I'm waiting for a call from daughter to let me know when to pick up the grandsons - it's going to be a pretty day and the ground has dried up enough that they can ride their dirt bikes without getting covered in mud - although the little one will probably seek out the mud; all boy that one is I think that it has dried up enough that Hubby can get the rest of the rock moved to where it needs to go - he ended up working late yesterday, so it didn't get done.
While the tractor is out of the shed, I'm going to drag the old lawn sweeper out and see if I can get the yard around the house cleaned up. I'm also going to take down a few birdfeeders - the ones closest to my clothesline, and the ones that have worn out over the winter. I noticed a bunch of honeybees swarming the mixed bird feeders so put out sugar water for them - forgot to bring it in last night so the raccoons have probably carried it off to who knows where - the wretched beasts!
According to Hubby, I also need to put down some bagged mulch that he is getting tired of having to walk around. Last fall, I asked him to put the bags we had left way back under the shed porch roof where they wouldn't get wet; instead, he put them at the front, so they are soggy; that means he's going to have to be the one to load them in the buggy because they are too darn heavy for me to do more than drag them a few feet - guess I'm getting wimpy in my old age lol! I tried to move the frames for the raised strawberry bed yesterday and discovered that I'm not strong enough to do that by myself either, so will have to ask for his help with that as well. He is off work tomorrow, but the neighbor lady has made plans for after we go to the pool, so I likely won't be home until it's time for me to take a nap before work.
Rain is forecast for 6 days in a row starting on Wednesday; couple of the days we are supposed to receive about an inch, minimal the other four days but likely enough to keep us from doing much outside. At least it's supposed to be warm-ish - no frost in the forecast until late next weekend so that will be nice.
Well, I hear Hubby stirring around so I guess I'd better post this and get started working on something. You folks all take care out there - stay safe!
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday eradicating that nasty weed Creeping Charlie from one - just one! - flower bed; ended up with a 40# mixed birdseed bag of it and other detritus. I've heard that borax will kill it, so am going to look for the recipe and try it in a couple of areas where it won't damage plants I want to keep. I understand you can eat the stuff as cooked greens but I can hardly stand the smell of it when I pull it, so it probably won't show up on the menu any time soon!
Today, I'm waiting for a call from daughter to let me know when to pick up the grandsons - it's going to be a pretty day and the ground has dried up enough that they can ride their dirt bikes without getting covered in mud - although the little one will probably seek out the mud; all boy that one is I think that it has dried up enough that Hubby can get the rest of the rock moved to where it needs to go - he ended up working late yesterday, so it didn't get done.
While the tractor is out of the shed, I'm going to drag the old lawn sweeper out and see if I can get the yard around the house cleaned up. I'm also going to take down a few birdfeeders - the ones closest to my clothesline, and the ones that have worn out over the winter. I noticed a bunch of honeybees swarming the mixed bird feeders so put out sugar water for them - forgot to bring it in last night so the raccoons have probably carried it off to who knows where - the wretched beasts!
According to Hubby, I also need to put down some bagged mulch that he is getting tired of having to walk around. Last fall, I asked him to put the bags we had left way back under the shed porch roof where they wouldn't get wet; instead, he put them at the front, so they are soggy; that means he's going to have to be the one to load them in the buggy because they are too darn heavy for me to do more than drag them a few feet - guess I'm getting wimpy in my old age lol! I tried to move the frames for the raised strawberry bed yesterday and discovered that I'm not strong enough to do that by myself either, so will have to ask for his help with that as well. He is off work tomorrow, but the neighbor lady has made plans for after we go to the pool, so I likely won't be home until it's time for me to take a nap before work.
Rain is forecast for 6 days in a row starting on Wednesday; couple of the days we are supposed to receive about an inch, minimal the other four days but likely enough to keep us from doing much outside. At least it's supposed to be warm-ish - no frost in the forecast until late next weekend so that will be nice.
Well, I hear Hubby stirring around so I guess I'd better post this and get started working on something. You folks all take care out there - stay safe!